Dr John Baron Beddard
18/12/1935 to 02/04/2023
Place of birth: Bath, England
Nationality: British
CRN: 493259
Education and qualifications
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General education |
Cheltenham College; Bristol University Medical School |
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Primary medical qualification(s) |
MBChB, Bristol, 1960 |
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Initial Fellowship and type |
FFARCS by Examination |
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Year of Fellowship |
1965 |
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Other qualification(s) |
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Professional life and career
Postgraduate career
After qualifying was house physician to the Professorial Medical Unit, United Bristol Hospitals and house surgeon at Southmead Hospital, Bristol before starting career in anaesthesia as SHO at United Bristol Hospitals. Thereafter all appointments were in Liverpool: registrar to the Regional Hospital Board; senior registrar to the Regional Hospital Board & United Liverpool Hospitals; and finally consultant at United Liverpool Hospitals, retiring in 1992.
Professional interests and activities
Obstetric anaesthesia and obstetric intensive care, setting up an epidural service with a colleague and training all the midwives. He was the anaesthetist involved in the management of the World’s first surviving all female sextuplets in 1983.
Other biographical information
Father (Dr JRJ Beddard) was also an anaesthetist and FFARCS
Author and sources
Author
Subject assisted by Alison Horner (daughter). The photo shows him about to set out on a favoured activity!
Sources and comments:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walton_sextuplets